PAGE I NESTERVILLE BACK IN THE SUMMER -OF 1905, TWO GENTLEMEN FROM CHICAGO, HARRY BISHOP AND FRANK NESTOR, CAME TO THESSALCN, AND RENTED ROOMS AT THE QUEENS HOTEL. ALBERT SIMON WAS RUNNING THE QUEENS HOTEL (NOW KNOWN AS THE O'CONNOR HOTEL) AND YOURS TRULY- HENRIETTA MACDONALD WAS THEIR FAMILY MAID. MR. BISHOP AND MR. NESTOR BOUGHT UP LAND IN BRIDGELAND, HOUGHTON AND OTTER TOWNSHIPS,. AND A TRACT OF LAND AT MCBETHS BAY WHERE THEY BUILT A MODERN SAWMILL. FULL OPERATIONS OF THIS MILL BEGAN IN MAY, 1907. A LARGE CREW OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WORKED BOTH NIGHT AND DAY AS THE TOWN OF NESTERVILLE GREW RAPIDLY. GEORGE CARFUEL BOUGHT UP 34 ACRES FROM A FARMER NAMED DAN MACDOUGALL, AND DIVIDED THE LAND (SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD) INTO LOTS,EACH 50 FT.WIDE. HE BUILT A LARGE POOLROOM WITH THREE TABLES, WITH LIVING QUARTERS FOR HIS FAMILY UPSTAIRS, AND A POST OFFICE AND CONFECTIONARY STORE IN FRONT. SAM ELLIS BUILT A STORE ,WITH LIVING QUARTERS UPSTAIRS, WHICH HE LATER SOLD TO MATT AND ELMER MILLS, WHO CARRIED ON A THRIVING BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS. THE STORE AND FOUR BEAUTIFUL HOMES NEARBY WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE AND THE MILLS BROTHERS REBUILT THE STORE AND NEW HOMES NEARBY. THE BISHOP LUMBER COMPANY BUILT A LARGE DEPARTMENT STORE WITH OFFICES UPSTAIRS. DR. LANG RENTED ONE OF THESE OFFICES, AND THE TOWN CONSTABLE-GEORGE DWYER OCCUPIED THE OTHER OFFICE. MCBETHS BAY WAS NO LONGER A WILDERNESS WITH ONLY A WAGON TRAIL BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF BRUCE MINES AND THESSALON. THE RAILWAY COMPANY HAD A LARGE TRESTLE BUILT OVER MCBETHS CREEK, AND IN 1909 REPLACED IT WITH THE CEMENT ARCH THAT IS STILL THERE TODAY. THE SAME YEAR, J.S. DOBIL, ONTARIO LAND SURVEYOR, DREW UP THE PLAN FOR THE TOWN SITE, AND JAMES GASCOIGNE, GEORGE WISHART, AND GEORGE CARFUEL BECAME THE FIRST TRUSTEES OF SECTION 4.LEFR0Y TOWNSHIP.,PART OF 660 ALGOMA CENTRE SECTION. THE CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED ON MARCH 19th,1909, AND WAS GIVEN TO HEARST,MCKAY & DARLING, LAWYERS IN SAULT STE MARIE, ONTARIO. THE FIRST SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN THE WEST END OF TOWN AND HENRY RODGERS WAS THE FIRST TEACHER. THIS SOON BECAME TOO SMALL FOR THE INFLUX OF FAMILIES, & A NEW SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN THE EAST END OF TOWN IN 1911. SOON 72 PUPILS WERE ENROLLED, AND MAE CUNNINGHAM/MARIE CALLAHAN AND LATER,HELEN WRIGHT HAD A HEAVY TEACHING LOAD. THE TOWN INCORPORATED IN 1923, AND A SCHOOL BOARD WAS FORMED. CONN DWYER, THE STATION AGENT, WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD MEETING 0N JANUARY 7, 1925. CHARLIE PICOT WAS ELECTED SECRETARY, AND NAMED ON THE